Hopefully I'm not adding more fuel to your "Photoshop AI Slop" fire (which is well deserved), but take a look at redlamp.app - early days but may just become a viable LR alternative.

You may also want to look at https://redlamp.app - in pre-alpha but looking very promising!

(Disclosure: I'm the developer)

Oh, best of luck with this, it looks like a great idea. I will test it at some point (gig photos, some studio and outdoor portraiture), can test a bunch of different raw formats.

Thanks, that would be great - the project is under heavy development and is starting to gain some momentum - initial feedback is good!